#4BB0D8#4BB0D8

#4BB0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.109 H 227.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB0D8
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 216)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 18.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.65, -17.07, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.65, 33.52, 239.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0739 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.109 227.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8167, 37.5011, 70.5668)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB0D8 #D8734B

analogous

#4BD8B9 #4BB0D8 #4B6AD8

triadic

#4BB0D8 #D84BB0 #B0D84B

tetradic

#4BB0D8 #B94BD8 #D8734B #6AD84B

square

#4BB0D8 #B94BD8 #D8734B #6AD84B

split-complementary

#4BB0D8 #D84B6A #D8B94B

monochromatic

#1E6C8B #2993BD #4BB0D8 #7DC6E3 #B0DCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4BB0D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#4BB0D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0D8

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB0D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB0D8	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BADDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.109 227.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e4',
    500: '#4bb0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb0d8;
$custom-light: #8cc7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.021,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71402,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 227.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB0D8

secondary

#DCB3A3

accent

#7040E7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB0D8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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